Entry skills such as the stride jump will be taught. Skills include sculling, underwater skills and putting on a personal flotation device (PFD) whilst in water and swimming with it. One of the goals is to achieve 50 metres of continuous swimming.
1 Stride / straddle entry
1 Scull headfirst on back, 5m
2 Scull, float or tread for 50 sec (incorporated in Survival & Activity Skills)
1 Swim through hoops on pool bottom for 2m
| Swim 50m continuously : 1 25m front crawl, and 25m backstroke 2 Swim 25m Breaststroke and 25m Survival Backstroke (performed in Sequence in 3A) |
1 Scull, float or tread water for 50 sec Dressed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt demonstrate : 1 Swim 25m using survival backstroke or survival breaststroke to a PFD 2 Correctly fit a PFD in water, swim 50m with PFD, then climb out of the water |
| 1 Principles of Personal Safety and Survival 2 Environmental Awareness 3 Health Awareness 4 Emergency Situations and Survival Techniques 5 Rescues |
Assessment
1 50m continuously (25m front crawl , and 25m backstroke)
| 1 Enter the water with stride/straddle entry (in deep water) 2 Swim 25m survival backstroke then, 25m breaststroke 3 Scull head-first on the back for 5m and recover 4 Scull, float or tread for 50 sec 5 Swim through hoops on pool bottom for 2m 6 Resurface and exit safely from pool |
Dressed in swimwear, shorts and t-shirt demonstrate :
1 Swim 25m using survival backstroke or survival breaststroke to a PFD (face clear of water)
2 Correctly fit a PFD in water, swim 50m with PFD, then climb out of the water